A Dozen! We are blessed with boys as we welcomed 9 boys-3 girls for the full night long on October 29-30th. I pretty much went without sleep for over two days as I helped in their safe arrival and started monitoring weight.

In the order of arrival on October 29th: Followed by the weight Nov 2, 4 days later:

10:00 pm BLUE male 8.6 oz 8.7 oz

11:38 GREEN male 9.1 10.5

Now, October 30th:

12:48 am TEAL male 9.3 8.9

2:00 ORANGE male 9.0 9.5

2:20 PINK female 7.1 6.9

2:45 RED male 8.1 8.7

4:28 YELLOW female 8.3 10.1

4:50 PURPLE male 8.3 8.5

5:55 SEAFOAM male 8.6 9.6

6:38 GOLD male 9.3 12.0

7:50 CONGRATS female 6.5 7.2

11:18 CHOC male 8.1 7.6

As you can see from the weights in RED that some of the puppies actually weighed less than their birth weight after 4 days and other had only gained very little–more drastic measures were called for.

I had already been getting up round the clock every two hours to make sure that all were getting a fair share of the available spaces to nurse; we had divided the litter into the “Cool Kids” who were larger, sleek, and always seemed to get what they wanted, and the “Breakfast Club” who were smaller misfits who needed a little extra attention and were ready to fight to succeed. While one group nursed with Mom, the second group would rest in a well appointed box and were given bottle-fed formula, then switch about. I enlisted every person I could to help me keep them fed–and I thank everyone whole heartedly! Weight gains improved markedly. Now we are happy to see them trying out their first baby foods today, as they prepare to turn three weeks old on November 20th.

So, we announce a litter born from “Harry” aka Am & Can Ch Terrydale HK Traymar’s National Affair and from “Verity” aka Seneca Ariana Verity, born (mostly) on October 30th. Their eighth week falls on Christmas time, so consider your holiday plans and think about the arrival of a new family member after the holidays!

Seneca Airedales are located at 1814 North Revere Rd, Akron, OH 44333. For more information, please direct your inquiries to our email: aireseneca@gmail.com or by phone: 330-666-2004

The Terrier Trio is fat and sassy! With just three to raise up, Vega is having a great time with them now that they are showing personality and real character. With long ribbons dangling, PINK peers out, perhaps planning to ambush one of her littermates. With one paw raised, GREEN is picture perfect but I’m sure, planning her next bit of deviltry….Guarding his fort in a well defended position, BLUE BOY is contemplating his next move.

Actually, more of our photos looked like this….and this….as we tried to get them to hold still long enough to take a sweet photo. They are much more in motion as you can see! On the left, pink and blue, and on the right, blue and green.

After all, it’s much, much more fun to play with the leaves than take a photo!

As a recap, the Terrier Trio are now 5 weeks old and can travel to their new homes the weekend of Thanksgiving or thereafter at 8 weeks. They were born September 26th to Canadian CH Seneca Brave to the Max CD “Max” and Vega. The dad is Max–click his name to see his introduction. His sire is Champion D/KfT, Deutscher Champion VDH, Champion INT.FLASH VON ARGONAUT VPG1, VPG2, VPG3, IPO3, AD, FH, Körklasse. 1A, Teilnahme KLSP 97 + 98. The mother, Seneca Vega Harp Star, was born to her parents CH Darbywood’s Baraboo of Singing Hills and Seneca Ready to Appeal, which you can see here: Vega1 , Vega2 , Vega3. Vega was the Pink puppy- yes, we do need to get some grown up photos of Vega. Remember we are celebrating our 12th generation of Seneca Airedales so you can follow the entire line!

For our available puppies please drop us a line in the comments box below-More info on request!

EURO x MERCI

Red – tentatively available, Conformation (slightly long in back but dramatic outline! Appears to be built to really move well), Obedience and companion potential.

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And now for the girls….

Gold – Now in MI getting ready to hike the Appalachian Trail next year and planning in obedience and some field work with BIRDS!

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Sky Blue – I seem to have trouble letting go of this one….11th generation of the Seneca Airedales? The Sky is the Limit! Her new slogan!

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Pink – Also in MI going to work with her professional groomer mom who also has access to puppy socialization classes multiple times a week for her future obedience career….?

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Approaching nine weeks old…..holding them back so that the Merci litter could catch up a bit with them.

First the one and only boy…

Blue – Available, excellent obedience and companion potential

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And now the girls…

Sage – Another Michigander!

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Pink – Heading up to Oregon to be an AKC obedience, rally, agility, field trial….well, who can tell this puppy what she *can’t* do!?!

Now if we could just get some WARM weather so the puppies can be outdoors for any length time….play has become a serious activity for them! For our available puppies please drop us a line in the comments box below-More info on request!

Update with pics from April 7–Well, it wasn’t warm but it was clear and sunny. So…..we did try a short time outside. Now keep in mind that these few photos took over 2.5 hours to get. First getting them out, then cleaning the inside play spaces, then photos and getting them all back in the warm again. All the toys were so badly trashed that they are not in the photos because they were soaking to be cleaned! Still, I think that they enjoyed the brisk air for their first time EVER outside!

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Getting up to seven weeks old now!

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Six weeks old…..loving the outside play so much that they are all tuckered out!

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Everybody is getting their first vaccinations and have finished a preventative worming cycle. In just a few more days, April 12 or 13th, we will be doing the PAT, physical evaluations, and photo shots.

Blue Ribbon Baby Boy and White Ribbon Baby Boy – above – were the undeserved targets of last minute cancellations and their people never saw or came for them. These two most deserving of sweet boys really are waiting somewhat patiently for YOU to call.

Born in the litter of January 14th, 2017, you can see the happy puppyhood they shared in the previous posts since that date. Their littermates are all over the country with two in California and Pennsylvania, one each in Colorado, Ohio, and Texas!

If one of our two available boys could put a SPRING in your step, give us a comment below or call: 330-666-2004

We will provide our excellent puppy portfolio that includes a 5 generation pedigree, health care record to date, 8 pages of info and recommendations, and a four pound bag of Best Breed Puppy Food with a three day starter of Nu-Vet to fulfill their nutritional needs.

April 21, 2017 – Update – Our two boys, now named Henry and Bernie, have found their people and we hear great reports! We hope to have a summer litter; just send a note and we can help you with more information….

Puppies were born September 26th to Canadian CH Seneca Brave to the Max CD “Max” and Vega. The dad is Max–click his name to see his introduction. His sire is Champion D/KfT, Deutscher Champion VDH, Champion INT.FLASH VON ARGONAUT VPG1, VPG2, VPG3, IPO3, AD, FH, Körklasse. 1A, Teilnahme KLSP 97 + 98. The mother, Seneca Vega Harp Star, was born to her parents CH Darbywood’s Baraboo of Singing Hills and Seneca Ready to Appeal, which you can see here: Vega1 , Vega2 , Vega3. Vega was the Pink puppy- yes, we do need to get some grown up photos of Vega. Remember we are celebrating our 12th generation of Seneca Airedales so you can follow the entire line!

Tuesday night, September 25th, I recognized the 1000 Yard Stare that a mother-to-be develops when there are some internal changes going on….I watched closely but was able to get some sleep and, very considerately, Vega didn’t start to get serious until about 10 am on September 26th. As she curled up, I knew the final stages of labor were about to produce a puppy and just 15 minutes later….

Seneca Vega Harp Star

Seneca Vega Harp Star Waiting

11:08 am female with ribbon color PINK

11:35 am male with ribbon color BLUE

12:32 pm female with ribbon color GREEN

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All born strong and healthy with Vega for her first time litter proving to be very motherly and caring of her puppies. We had done an ultrasound indicating 2 puppies, so to find we had 3 was both welcome and a surprise!

For our available puppies please drop us a line in the comments box below-More info on request!

The long awaited report of puppies at Seneca Airedales is finally here!

BRUNO x VERITY

First, expected on Valentine’s Day, but born just one day later on February 15th, we introduce the puppies from Bruno and Verity. Learn more about the parents by clicking on their names…..

The sire of this litter, Seneca Handsome King (OFA AT-5684 Good), is himself sired by a German import with obedience/performance titles and we are very excited about him! His mother is our own Fancy and this is the first time Bruno has been the father of a litter. You can read more about Fancy and find a video of Bruno as a year old puppy.

Verity preparing the layette.

We prepared a safe secure place well in advance. Verity had a bath and a trim to get ready too.

Seneca Ariana Verity (OFA Excellent) spent her Valentine’s Day preparing a nest for her puppies. We enjoyed providing her with plenty of newspapers for shredding.

Verity welcomes the first puppy

Then, at 5 am on February 15th, we decided to have puppies! She’s so happy to see the first little guy–look closely, he’s there….

5:15 am Male BLUE 11.1 oz

8:11 am Female PINK 12.5 oz

10:55 am Female SEAFOAM 11.7 oz

12:05 pm Male RED 7.5 oz

Poor little Red didn’t survive long even with close supervision. I still grieve for him and what might have been. I set a schedule of checking them all day which makes me so glad that I can work from home. During the night, I was checking them at 12 Midnight, 2 am, 4 am, and 7 am. Sleep was a bit of a luxury that I could go short on for their sake.

EURO x MERCI

Seneca Ariana Merci….waiting….

Next, waiting for the big day….then born with just a little excitement as we ran to the well known Animal Clinic Northview, where we had a C-section performed. We introduce the puppies from Euro and Merci. Learn more about the parents by clicking on their names or links…..

The sire of this litter, UCD, URO1 Dollar von Erikson PCD, CD, TD, VCD1, NJP, NAP, NFP, JH, SHF, JHR, BH, AD, IPO2, RATO, RL2 , is a German import with obedience/performance titles and OFA AT-5512 Good. He and his owner/trainer Linda Sorak of IL, are perhaps just a bit in the way of overachievers! More training titles are on the way since you just can’t keep a good dog on the couch!

Euro-Fun in the Snow

Cooley Hunt Test

Cooley Hunt Test-Gunner’s Award

IPO 1

IPO 1 Obedience

AKC Obedience Heeling

If you’d like to do more research, here are some videos of Euro: First in his IPO and IPO Revieren practice, then in AKC Obedience Novice class.

Arriving on the due date, February 20, the puppies follow, in no particular order due to the C-section:

One day old-2/20/2018 EuroxMerci

7:45 am female PINK 13.0 oz

female GOLD 12.6 oz

male BLUE 13.1 oz

male RED 11.9 oz

female SKY 13.5 oz

Three days old-2/20/2018 EuroxMerci

We are feeding some solid foods and they are all growing fabulously well. We will be updating. Plans for the Puppy Aptitudes and physical evaluations/photos are scheduled for April 13th.

Jack is a very good boy and he is ready for his very own house and people.

You can look up all kinds of history on Jack from when he was little with a tiny green ribbon all the way up to the present. Here’s his early history, his show career, and a little info on his brother. Jack is blessed with an extremely red and black coat and low maintenance wiry texture.

Here’s some photos taken just this week in the snow! One question we get is Why? Well, we have five Airedales and would like to travel more in the future. If we can find the right situation for Jack while getting all the undivided attention, I think that he’ll do fabulously! He’s great now with getting a five-way split in my attention.

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Seneca Airedales are located at 1814 North Revere Rd, Akron, OH 44333. For more information, please direct your inquiries to our email: aireseneca@gmail.com or by phone: 330-666-2004. Our next puppies will be born in February, 2018.

These puppies are fully placed but I wanted to put up the photos for the record. Born on July 27, 2017 from CH Seneca The New Jack ex Seneca Ready to Appeal. “Reddi” had turned six years old on May 1st, just before conception of this litter. I retire my dogs in their sixth year from breeding, so we knew this would be her last litter.

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We came up on the Three Week Birthday and had so much fun with the new foods and wading through the feeding pan that the next big event was the first bath and dry:

Then they did SO well and got SO big, we did the second bath at 7 weeks!

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So, here are the photos of our individual puppies, born July 27th, from the parents:

Here are the three boys: Blue, Purple, and Gold

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Now for the girls: Pink, Yellow, Red, Green, Teal, Orange

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When puppies get older, we just love to see how they are doing! Here’s little Orange girl going shopping for her very own stuff! Also Little Blue boy getting ready for his flight to California!

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Seneca Airedales are located at 1814 North Revere Rd, Akron, OH 44333. For more information, please direct your inquiries to our email: aireseneca@gmail.com or by phone: 330-666-2004. Our next puppies will be born in Spring, 2018.